"Finding ways to support and encourage employers to pay the living wage is a major part of that.
"It is fantastic to see more businesses and Labour-run councils in our region seeing the benefits of adopting the living wage, but it is important that we continue to demonstrate the value, both to employers and also to our region as a whole."
, hm "If employers agree to move to paying the
Living Wage to their workforce, we will provide them with an incentive, offering them in the first year the money that government would receive in higher tax revenues.
"We say, yes, the community needs low-priced goods and high wages, but the community needs
living wage jobs and healthcare.
The
living wage rejects the notion that the dictates of the market should dominate workers' lives and livelihoods.
Their calculations also show that most of the gains from the
living wage proposal would be offset by reductions iff these other redistributive programs.
Paying the Real
Living Wage demonstrates how we value their contribution.
"We have the wrong kind of recovery with the wrong kind of jobs - we need to create far more
living wage jobs, with decent hours and permanent contracts.
Both Martin (2001, 2006) and Levin-Waldman (2004, 2008) have previously analyzed determinants of the adoption of
living wage legislation.
The
living wage is defined as a wage sufficient for working families to pay for basic necessities, support the healthy development of their children, and participate fully in their communities without experiencing undue stress.
Rhys Moore, director of the
Living Wage Foundation, said: "As the recovery continues it's vital that the proceeds of growth are properly shared.
Across the UK, 5.28 million people - 22% of the workforce - are paid below the
living wage.
